Latest Quarterly YouthSave Newsletter Released!

article | June 01, 2012

Rodrigo Sermeno

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Newsletter Highlights

Event Updates: YouthSave will hold Multi-Stakeholder Meetings in Colombia and Nepal in the months of June and August The New America Foundation in collaboration with USAID’s Microlinks will host a three-day online discussion in the first week of June.

Project Updates: Four of YouthSave’s partner banks launched new youth savings products this quarter.

Latest Publications: Save the Children released a new report titled: “What do YouthSavers Want?” The Center for Social Development published two new research briefs.

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Rodrigo Sermeno

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